Steve -

We do have a number of F5s, but they are at different datacenters, not 
configured in a cluster.  We are seeing the same behavior at each.

I am looking at the statistics on the actual F5s today to see if they show the 
same pattern.  That would rule out any issues with SNMP & MRTG.

- Matt

On Dec 18, 2012, at 7:00 PM, Steve Shipway <[email protected]> wrote:

> That is really weird.  We have an F5 too, but don’t experience this sort of 
> pattern.
>  
> It can’t be a counter reset at midnight, because that would only affect the 
> first sample after that point.  The graphs look almost like two separate 
> things glued together, rather than a single event at midnight.
>  
> My only guess would be some sort of scheduled task causing a failover.  Do 
> you have several F5 devices in a cluster?  If so, it could be that at 
> midnight (for some reason) one or more groups fail over to the other cluster 
> member.  This would result in fewer connections via the one you’re 
> monitoring.  Maybe check the logs to see if and when any cluster group 
> failovers happen, or changes between active/active and active/passive on 
> groups.
>  
> I’d be interested to hear what the eventual resolution for this is.
>  
> Steve
>  
> Steve Shipway
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> Sent: Wednesday, 19 December 2012 1:16 a.m.
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> Subject: [mrtg] Discontinuity at midnight
>  
> Is it normal to see values jump suddenly at midnight?  Is something getting 
> in SNMP or MRTG getting reset?  I am seeing this in both normal and gauge 
> type graphs.  Don't believe there is anything getting reset on the server (an 
> F5 Big-IP load balancer, in this case).
>  
> - Matt
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